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•  Info This is a very original frontal portrait of a Giant Manta, with a 7-metre wingspan. It reminds me a living UFO. Let me please make a few comments regarding the quality of the image: images of large animals in deep water cannot be 100% sharp, as 5 metres or 10 of water will always blur slightly the edges etc. Also, due to their size, they are rarely perfectly lit, as no flash can illuminate a 7-metre animal underwater. Finally, you will notice a lot of white specs, more or less out of focus, in the water... that is plankton, which the manta is feeding on. Anyway, all this said, I hope you like it... All by me -- Arturo de Frias Marques (talk) 20:44, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Arturo de Frias Marques (talk) 20:44, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support ArionEstar (talk) 20:54, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Wow! Yann (talk) 04:35, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Anyone not wowed shoud be banned immediately! :) -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 06:13, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Great work and priceless pic! Nikhil B (talk) 06:44, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Des Callaghan
•  Support I am wowed! --CHK46 (talk) 07:08, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Awesome. Pugilist (talk) 11:36, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Baresi F (talk) 11:46, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 12:30, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- H. Krisp (talk) 13:56, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Basik07 (talk) 15:20, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 15:43, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 17:51, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support by looking carrefully I think there is a bit of purple CAs -- Christian Ferrer ^Talk 18:53, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support 2014 Picture of the Year finalist :) --· Favalli ⟡ 22:25, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Dang. Great picture! PointsofNoReturn (talk) 00:30, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Amazing. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:06, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Who dare  Oppose this image? Very Woowing to me and should get a seat for POTY finalists. Nkansahrexford: please sign your votes and do not use opposes like this, the bot cannot distinguish serious and joking votes... --DXR (talk) 08:15, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Question I am no jurist but does the formulation (c) Arturo de Frias 2012. Reproduction by any means prohibited without prior consent. Please contact me on arturodefrias2005@yahoo.co.uk or visit www.arturodefrias.com in the EXIF data comply with CC license? If not we should ask the creator to remove it. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:02, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 14:54, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 18:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Wow! B&W! Christopher Crouzet don't me L4D please! : ) -- Lauro Sirgado^contribs 01:38, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Support — Julian H.^✈(talk/files) 10:28, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Info - Well, thank you so much everybody for your support, and all your kind words... I am really happy to see that you liked this image so much, as it is one of my all-time favourites... Tuxyso , I think the fact that I upload the image and accept the CC license offsets the copyright info in the EXIF. However, I am happy to upload another one without that --Arturo de Frias Marques (talk)

Confirmed results:

Result: 23 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Gidip (talk) 15:08, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Fish